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Post by JT on Sept 24, 2024 14:28:43 GMT -5
If I learned how to do match threads look good - I’d be doing all the Florida matches😅 Want some pointers? I don't know what other folk here do, but I pre-create my match-thread posts in a text file (using bbcode markups) and then preview it in the "Create Thread" window before actually posting it. The actual *content* can become almost a fill-in-the-blanks type operation (for the logos, names, colors, ...) with the formatting staying constant. I'd be happy to email some samples, and could even add some comments/explanations. PM me your address if you're interested. (The above goes for anyone who's interested.)  |
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 24, 2024 15:22:50 GMT -5
If I learned how to do match threads look good - I’d be doing all the Florida matches😅 Go for it! You have until Saturday night/Sunday morning to make something for the Kentucky @ Florida match. We believe in you! An SEC match-up like that one will have traffic in the match thread no matter what the first post looks like. You could really just do a who/what/where/when post. Most people just want a streaming link and/or the live stats link (plus time and day of course). Oh and people love polls. Gotta have a poll. I just started making match threads this year. The ones I did during the Olympics had no pictures involved. I did make roster tables with just names and positions though. But rosters/line-ups aren't even necessary especially if you post a link to team rosters. Even just posting team pictures is a lot easier than messing with tables. The tables definitely can be a bit finnicky and make the BB Code a bit dizzying to look at lol. I'm sure JT has GREAT insight. His threads are so detailed yet look tidy. Feel free to also take any info/formatting/code from the FSU @ Florida thread I made last week! The line-up is wrong though because I didn't know Stuckey and Martin were going to be starting. |
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Post by Cubicle No More ... on Sept 24, 2024 15:43:52 GMT -5
If I learned how to do match threads look good - I’d be doing all the Florida matches😅 Want some pointers? I don't know what other folk here do, but I pre-create my match-thread posts in a text file (using bbcode markups) and then preview it in the "Create Thread" window before actually posting it. The actual *content* can become almost a fill-in-the-blanks type operation (for the logos, names, colors, ...) with the formatting staying constant. I'd be happy to email some samples, and could even add some comments/explanations. PM me your address if you're interested. (The above goes for anyone who's interested.) i do this too! all about the template ... (ok, filled my dork-out quota for today ... ) |
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Post by JT on Sept 24, 2024 15:44:49 GMT -5
If I learned how to do match threads look good - I’d be doing all the Florida matches😅 Oh.. also, keep in mind that a simple match thread is (at least) 1,000,000X better than no match thread. A match thread with a first post listing "who", "when", "where", and "how to watch" along with a poll ('cuz you gotta let the people vote!) is barebones but sufficient! (Just noticed that this is nearly verbatem some of what gopherhim posted above!)  |
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Post by exit237a on Sept 24, 2024 17:08:35 GMT -5
If I learned how to do match threads look good - I’d be doing all the Florida matches😅 Want some pointers? I don't know what other folk here do, but I pre-create my match-thread posts in a text file (using bbcode markups) and then preview it in the "Create Thread" window before actually posting it. The actual *content* can become almost a fill-in-the-blanks type operation (for the logos, names, colors, ...) with the formatting staying constant. I'd be happy to email some samples, and could even add some comments/explanations. PM me your address if you're interested. (The above goes for anyone who's interested.)
I like to use the VolleyTalk private message space when I'm drafting a match thread. Basically I address a private message to myself and then usually will paste the copied code from one of my previous match threads. Then I'll go through and update all the links, images, info, colors, etc for the new match. If I have to stop partway to do something else, I'll just send my draft post to myself and that will save it for later editing. When I need to edit that post I just quote it, delete the code that makes it a quote, and go ahead with whatever edits remain.
Once I get it to how I think I want it to look, I'll send it to myself in one last private message and that will show what it will look like when I create the thread. Then I just copy that code and paste it in the create thread OP.
Also happy to help anyone who'd like to learn more about match threads or VT post features : )
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Post by baytree on Sept 24, 2024 18:37:15 GMT -5
If I learned how to do match threads look good - I’d be doing all the Florida matches😅 Just start making them. Take a less popular match and make a thread. Copy someone's thread that you like, preferably one that either does not have too much stuff or that you can easily cut stuff out of.
Here's one of mine (bc it was easy for me to find) to illustrate but pick one from anyone or from someone whose style you like.
Change the logos. I get most of my logos from wikipedia/wikimedia but you can lift them from other match threads. IIRC trainer got them from ESPN or the SEC so you might want to look at her threads. [img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/UNLV_Rebels_wordmark.svg/320px-UNLV_Rebels_wordmark.svg.png" height="110"]img src is the link to the image. height is how big it will be. Don't put in both height and width unless you want to distort the image. Just use one. (I use height but use what works best for you.) Most of the images will be close enough in size that you can keep whatever height was in the match thread you're using but sometimes one will be very large or small so I adjust it. Ignore the colors if you want and put FFFFFF (that is white) in where the color is UNLV Rebels
[font color="#CF0A2C"]UNLV Rebels[/font] becomes
UNLV Rebels [font color="FFFFFF"]UNLV Rebels[/font] To make the links
[a href="https://utahutes.com/sports/womens-volleyball/opponent-history/unlv/261"]Women's Volleyball History Utah vs UNLV from Nov 4, 1999 - Dec 2, 2016[/a]
a href="put the link between the quotation marks" then the text you want to use as the link, then end with [/a] If you want the text to a link to have color use
[a href="https://stadium.utah.edu/huntsman-center-game-day-info/"][font color="FFFFFF"]Jon Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City Utah[/a][/font] Make sure you put the color right before the text and put [/font] after the text you want in color Or don't use a color code at all and the link is green. Here is a site with teams' color codes. You can put those codes in instead of the FFFFFF above if you want but you don't need to
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Post by JT on Sept 24, 2024 18:49:55 GMT -5
If I learned how to do match threads look good - I’d be doing all the Florida matches😅 Just start making them. Take a less popular match and make a thread. Copy someone's thread that you like, preferably one that either does not have too much stuff or that you can easily cut stuff out of.
Here's one of mine (bc it was easy for me to find) to illustrate but pick one from anyone or from someone whose style you like.
Change the logos. I get most of my logos from wikipedia/wikimedia but you can lift them from other match threads. IIRC trainer got them from ESPN or the SEC so you might want to look at her threads.
img src is the link to the image. height is how big it will be. Don't put in both height and width unless you want to distort the image. Just use one. (I use height but use what works best for you.) Most of the images will be close enough in size that you can keep whatever height was in the match thread you're using but sometimes one will be very large or small so I adjust it.
Ignore the colors if you want and put FFFFFF (that is white) in where the color is UNLV Rebels becomes
UNLV Rebels
Or don't use a color code at all and the link is green.
To make the links,
[ a href="https://utahutes.com/sports/womens-volleyball/opponent-history/unlv/261"]Women's Volleyball History Utah vs UNLV from Nov 4, 1999 - Dec 2, 2016 [/a][/div] take the spaces after the first bracket out. where it says a href="" a href="put the link between the quotation marks" If you want the text to a link to have color use [ a href="https://stadium.utah.edu/huntsman-center-game-day-info/"]Jon Huntsman Center, Salt Lake City Utah [/a] (take the spaces out between the first bracket and a href) [/div] Make sure you put the color right before the text and put [/font] after the text you want in color [/div] Here is a site with teams' color codes. You can put those codes in instead of the FFFFFF above if you want but you don't need to
[/quote] I get most of the logos/icons I use from the VB schedule websites. Most schools are now posting the opponents name and logo, so I just right click and "copy image link." Sometimes I'll "open image in new window" to make sure it's okay, first. Other times, I just correct/replace it if it looks bad in the preview of my post. TeamColorCodes dot com is a godsend for team colors. An alternative is to use the tools->browsertools->eyedropper (in firefox at least) while on a page with the team colors. Click on the color you want, and it'll copy the hex value of that color into your clipboard. For images, if you have limited space, you can use one of "height" or "width", and then also use "max-width" or "max-height" for the other. It keeps proportional sizing, but prevents the image from blowing through the other direction. (Example, I use "height:130px;max-width:98%" for the player images, since I don't want them to blow through the table-cell's width.) In this case, I know the height of the cells (since I specified it) and know that I need 35 px for the player name, so I don't use a percentage specifier for the height. But for width, I want to leave a little bit of space on the edges. As an aside, you can use the CODE element to show bbcode examples more clearly. E.g. Use this: [font color="#CF0A2C"]UNLV Rebels[/font]
To have this show up: UNLV RebelsMany things are allowed by bbcode, but aren’t supported by the wysiwyg post editor’s buttons. For these, you have to know (or look up) CSS, and then enter it as an inline style=“…” attribute to the bbcode formatting element. |
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 24, 2024 20:00:37 GMT -5
baytree , your post above made me think of something I saw recently. If you type... [code]before an example of BBCode, the tags (stuff in square brackets [ ]) that are part of the BBCode will be visible in your post, so you don't have to fudge around with spaces in the code or readers don't have to quote you then go to the BBCode tab to see how something looks in the code. Put [/code] at the end of the example of lines of code to close off the box.
So an instructional post could look something like this:
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 24, 2024 20:03:55 GMT -5
JT now I'm the one copying you almost verbatim lol. You must have edited your post because I swear you didn't have that part in there at first. Or have I completely lost it?
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Post by JT on Sept 24, 2024 20:21:28 GMT -5
JT now I'm the one copying you almost verbatim lol. You must have edited your post because I swear you didn't have that part in there at first. Or have I completely lost it? Added it, but very shortly after creating it. I also corrected the placement of the [/quote] end-tag that I'd accidentally let slip down below my reply. |
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Post by baytree on Sept 24, 2024 20:36:12 GMT -5
baytree , your post above made me think of something I saw recently. If you type... [code]before an example of BBCode, the tags (stuff in square brackets [ ]) that are part of the BBCode will be visible in your post, so you don't have to fudge around with spaces in the code or readers don't have to quote you then go to the BBCode tab to see how something looks in the code. Put [/code] at the end of the example of lines of code to close off the box.
I didn't see that part of JT's post until after I saw yours and fixed my post. Thank you both. |
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Post by houstonbear15 on Sept 24, 2024 23:42:20 GMT -5
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 25, 2024 7:30:54 GMT -5
I’ll start a Kentucky @ Auburn thread today. I don’t think there are any Auburn threadmakers on the board.
Who usually makes home Kentucky threads? They have the match @ Florida too on Sunday.
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Post by exit237a on Sept 25, 2024 8:31:00 GMT -5
I’ll start a Kentucky @ Auburn thread today. I don’t think there are any Auburn threadmakers on the board. Who usually makes home Kentucky threads? They have the match @ Florida too on Sunday. Thanks! There hasn’t been a designated Kentucky-specific threadmaker in at least a few years. We had a couple folks who made threads for the entire SEC but neither are actively making match threads this year. |
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Post by gopherhim on Sept 25, 2024 9:03:04 GMT -5
I’ll start a Kentucky @ Auburn thread today. I don’t think there are any Auburn threadmakers on the board. Who usually makes home Kentucky threads? They have the match @ Florida too on Sunday. Thanks! There hasn’t been a designated Kentucky-specific threadmaker in at least a few years. We had a couple folks who made threads for the entire SEC but neither are actively making match threads this year. Gotcha! Well, if our chatter about code scared GatorsChomp off, I can do Kentucky @ Florida as well |
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